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HistoricalAdvisoryBoard | 2005-02-03 | 2 | M/S (Miller, Lynch) to remove this item from the agenda. 3-0-2. Ayes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent: 2. (Anderson, Tilos.) Motion carries. 2. Study Session for a proposal to rehabilitate the Alameda Theatre and construct a new 7 screen Cineplex and 350 space parking structure on the Video Maniac site. This site is located at 2305 Central Avenue within the CC - CCPD, Community Commercial and Special Planned Development Districts. Leslie Little, Development Services Director, informed the Board that Staff would like direction from the Board regarding the proposed rehabilitation and construction of the 2 story multiplex and the 352 space parking structure. She expects the project should be ready for a Planning Board public hearing in mid March. Michael Stanton, consultant, gave a presentation which included a brief history of the theater and showed the Board what is proposed. He informed the Board that the lobby and auditorium of the Alameda Theater will be restored to look as it did in 1939 when it opened for the first time. The second floor of the lobby, will also be restored. The balcony area is not included in this first phase. The marquee will be restored as well. In designing the new Cineplex, it is noted that, according to the guidelines from the Secretary of Interior, new construction should be clearly differentiated from the existing historic building. There will be retail on the street level corner of Central Ave. and Oak Street. There are four theaters proposed on the second level and three theaters proposed for the ground floor. The proposed 352-parking garage will not only serve the Theater, but all of Park St. It is designed so that it can be easily expanded in the future. Chair McPherson opened the floor for public comment. Richard Rutter, AAPS, felt that the design should emphasize a vertical articulation, not horizontal. The materials used should be high quality such as pressed brick or terra cotta. The parking garage should not look like a parking garage. AAPS felt that the previous parking garage proposal prepared for the Long's Drug Store site was headed in a better direction. Although windows are probably not possible on the upper floors of the new theater at the Oak/Central corner, it should not be treated as a blank wall. Some suggestions include surface articulation (such as on the existing Alameda Theater), and false windows. The design should not be too modernistic. He also showed the Board pictures of other projects including the Livermore Theater which might be good prototypes for the new Alameda Theater annex. He feels that the corner of Central and Oak St. should be set back from the corner as the Twin Towers Church across the street is. Birgitt Evans, AAPS stated that the corners should be rounded to mimic the original structure. Chair McPherson closed the floor for public comment and opened the floor for Board communication. Minutes of February 3, 2005 Regular Historical Advisory Board Meeting 2 | HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-02-03.pdf |